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Cars damaged and set alight in Marlborough
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after cars in Marlborough were damaged during the early hours of Saturday. Between 3am and 3.30am a number of parked cars in the area of The Common were attacked, resulting in one, a dark blue Citroen Saxo, being set
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Primaries in Malmesbury may suffer pressure
Townspeople in Malmesbury have been warned that the pressure on primary schools and infrastructure will become hard to bear if new housing developments are given planning permission. The proposed development at Park Road and White Lion Park was debated
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Malmesbury pupils in tune with the stars
More than 160 Malmesbury schoolchildren are tuning up for this year’s grand opening of the WOMAD Festival. They will take the stage with the legendary James Brown, saxophonist Pee Wee Ellis and established world music stars Justin Adams, Juldeh Camara
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Upgrade for Minety play surface
Pre-school children in Minety are to get an all- weather play area. Councillors on the area board agreed to give £1,508 to the school, which needs the surface to stop the garden getting churned up in wet conditions. The pre-school has grown from 12
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Marlborough public school in row over hamlet
A row has broken out over the future of a Cornish hamlet that Marlborough College was left in a will 50 years ago but is having to sell because of charity rules. About 40 tenants rent homes in the hamlet of Trevalga between the north Cornwall seaside
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Jim is not too blue for Devizes
Organisers of an ambitious new comedy festival in Devizes have defended hiring controversial comic Jim Davidson as a headline act. Mr Davidson has been labelled racist, homophobic and sexist for his uncompromising routine. Three years ago he
